re: The State of Out of State Recruiting?

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As of tonight on Rivals- UF has 18 commits w/ 9 OOS incl PA and IL Bama has 27 commits w/ 17 OOS incl AZ, MD, TN, and 8 from GA. LSU has 20 commits with 5 OOS, incl 2 from GA, and 2 from TX. There are 14 players listed in the Rivals top 50 that are undecided. We are only on the list of ONE! Sorry, but that is CRAP! We don't have more resources than Purdue or FSU? I think there are a lot of fish getting away without an attempt. Whatever.

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Thanks for doing the legwork I thought was the truth. I'd bet the lion's share of those OOS's for UF and Bama are 5 stars. That's all I was trying to say. Of course we need to try to keep every impact in state player in our fold.

However, the recruiting game is changing rapidly, and just focusing on players who live within driving distance, especially when those who live 30 minutes from campus go to your biggest rival.

I mean, who are we recruiting hard late right now to try to fill out the class?

Edwards, Thompson (TX)
Patterson (SC)
Howard (FL) well maybe hard
Alexander, Winston, Elston (AL - not from Mobile)
Liggins (northern MS)

All out of state players. Now that LC has signed, we're pretty much done in state. My point is that there nothing left here to fill out the class. So, why not go OOS early for the 5 starts and fill the class our with easier to get LA players later on.

See some programs have this thing, he likes to get footholds, you get a kid from Maryland, it makes getting the second kid so much easier. At least get scouts out to the HS football factories that are dispersed throughout the country, it's money well spent.